The “Old Flag”
In one of our conquered Virginia towns, the boys annoy the Yankees much, by comments and crtiticisms, and sometimes by “beating them in the argument,” as follows. One small boy asked a Yankeet officer, abruptly, “What did you all come here for? What are you fighting for anyhow?” the officer replied, “Fighting for our flag.” “Then,” replied the urchin, “why don’t you take your d____d old flag away from here? We don’t want it” Richmond Dispatch
Source: Fayetteville Observer, July 3, 1862 as found on www.digitalnc.org
